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{{Short description|Albanian Navy base near Vlorë, Albania}}

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}}The Pasha Liman Base, or Pashaliman Base, is an Albanian Navy base south of Vlorë, Albania.

History

Cold War history

Pashaliman was the only Soviet base in the Mediterranean in the 1950s.WEB,weblink Gordon H. McCormick, The Soviet Presence in the Mediterranean, 1987, It was the hot spot of conflict between the Soviets and the Albanians in 1961 when Albania pulled out of the Warsaw Pact and the dispute of the four Whiskey-class submarine ownership which Albania had seized.BOOK,weblink The Khrushchevites, Enver Hoxha, 1984, Following the collapse of the Communist regime, the base was rebuilt by Turkey and under a bilateral agreement the Turkish Navy has the right to use it.BOOK, Larrabee, F. Stephen, Lesser, Ian O., Turkish foreign policy in an age of uncertainty, 2003, Santa Monica, Rand Corporation,weblink registration, albania., 9780833034045, 94, WEB,weblink Turkish army to rebuild Albanian port, reliefweb.int, 23 January 1998, WEB,weblink Brief History of the Turkish Armed Forces, www.tsk.tr, 27 April 2020,

Modern history

File:Project122bis-2007-Pashaliman.jpg|200px|thumbnail|right|Albania's Kronshtadt-class submarine chaserKronshtadt-class submarine chaserThree of the Albanian Navy's four Damen Stan patrol vessels were built at Pashaliman, the most recent completed in 2014.WEB,weblink Një anije e re i shtohet Forcës sonë Detare (A new ship is added to our Naval Force), 8 April 2014, Ministry of Defence (Albania), Albanian Ministry of Defense, 14 May 2016, 23 August 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170823162533weblink">weblink dead, Currently, four retired Whiskey-class submarines previously owned by the Soviet Union are still located on the facility alongside Albania's active-duty naval vessels. They can be seen via satellite images of the base.The Naval Force often operates naval exercises in the Bay of Vlorë, out of Pashaliman.WEB,weblink Joint Exercise "Imposition '14", 17 September 2014, Ministry of Defence (Albania), Albanian Ministry of Defense, 14 May 2016, 12 April 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180412082342weblink">weblink dead, This includes exercises with other nations, such as the United Kingdom.WEB,weblink Opening ceremony of the Joint Exercise "Albanian Lion", 8 September 2014, Ministry of Defence (Albania), Albanian Ministry of Defense, 14 May 2016, 12 April 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180412082245weblink">weblink dead, The most recent{{cn|date=January 2024}} exercise, Sarex '16, took place in April 2016.WEB,weblink Vlora Sarex 16" Exercise, 28 April 2016, Ministry of Defence (Albania), Albanian Ministry of Defense, 14 May 2016, 12 April 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180412145246weblink">weblink dead, An Albanian-Turkish military cooperation agreement was signed in 1992 that encompassed rebuilding Albania's Pasha Liman Base by Turkey alongside granted access for Turkish use.

Civilian facilities

A civilian naval engineering firm and shipyard also operate out of the military facility, providing a wide range of services.WEB,weblink Pashaliman Shipyard,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160611185239weblink">weblink 2016-06-11, dead,

See also

• Porto Palermo Tunnel
• Albania–Turkey relations

References

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